Tell about Johnny Depp?

Depp is also known to be a man of his promises. In one incident, Depp met a 12-year old boy named Jack Taylor in Wisconsin during filming. The actor promised him his hat which the boy said he liked and told him he would get it in the mail after filming finished. And he did! And not just the hat, Depp also sent him various Charlie and the Chocolate Factory paraphernalia along with a signed note that read “Here is a hat for you. Hope you like this and assorted fun bits.”

Depp has two children, a daughter, and a son. In 2007, his daughter fell seriously ill with an E. Coli infection that caused her kidneys to shut down. She recovered at Great Ormond Street Hospital and so to thank them he visited the hospital later that year in full Captain Jack Sparrow attire and spent four hours there, reading stories to the children. Not only that, but the next year he also donated £1 million to the hospital!

When Heath Ledger passed away, leaving filming for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) incomplete, Depp along with Jude Law and Colin Farrell played him in various shots and gave their salaries from the film to Ledger’s daughter, Matilda.

Let’s not forget to mention he’s rich enough to own an ISLAND apart from having three homes. He also owns a vineyard in France and co-owned the French restaurant-bar Man Ray along with Sean Penn, John Malkovich, and Mick Hucknall, though a recent article stated that he’s done with alcohol and has gone vegan. So much for all the fuss over rum.

He’s also famous enough to be spotted rather easily despite being in so many different skins while being on screen. That’s Johnny Depp for you, the man who was voted one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine, not once but twice!

Russell Crowe was interested in adapting the famous 2003 novel Shantaram into a movie when it came out but it didn’t fall through. Warner Bros. went with a $2 million bid after Johnny Depp’s expressed his love for the book to studio executive Brad Grey. The bid for the rights was won and later Amitabh Bacchan was also added to the cast.

Johnny Depp is no doubt one of Hollywood’s biggest icons with enough talent to make the world stare in awe. He’s been nominated countless times for some Academy awards, BAFTA awards, Golden Globe Awards and Teen and People’s Choice Awards. While he’s won a whole lot of them, he’s never won an Oscar in spite of being nominated for them thrice!

Johnny Depp is perhaps one of the most versatile actors of his day and age in Hollywood.

He was born John Christopher Depp II in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, to Betty Sue (Wells), who worked as a waitress, and John Christopher Depp, a civil engineer.

Depp was raised in Florida. He dropped out of school when he was 15, and fronted a series of music-garage bands, including one named 'The Kids'.

However, it was when he married Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp) that he took up the job of being a ballpoint-pen salesman to support himself and his wife.

A visit to Los Angeles, California, with his wife, however, happened to be a blessing in disguise, when he met up with actor Nicolas Cage, who advised him to turn to acting, which culminated in Depp's film debut in the low-budget horror film, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), where he played a teenager who falls prey to dream-stalking demon Freddy Krueger.

In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street (1987).

In 1990, after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title role in Edward Scissorhands (1990).

Following the film's success, Depp carved a niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer, consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994).

In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco (1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999).

The same year he teamed up again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod Crane.

Depp has played many characters in his career, including another fact-based one, Insp. Fred Abberline in From Hell (2001).

He stole the show from screen greats such as Antonio Banderas in the finale to Robert Rodriguez's "mariachi" trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003).

In that same year he starred in the marvelous family blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean:

The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), playing a character that only the likes of Depp could pull off: the charming, conniving and roguish Capt. Jack Sparrow.

The film's enormous success has opened several doors for his career and included an Oscar nomination. He appeared as the central character in the Stephen King-based movie, Secret Window (2004);

as the kind-hearted novelist James Barrie in the factually-based Finding Neverland (2004), where he co-starred with Kate Winslet; and Rochester in the British film.

The Libertine (2004). Depp collaborated again with Burton in a screen adaptation of Roald Dahl's novel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), and later in Alice in Wonderland (2010) and Dark Shadows (2012).

Off-screen, Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Sherilyn Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss.